Specialist in video content distribution and delivery injects its expertise into Asia Pacific’s VoD Technology Alliance

Singapore, October 31, 2006 - ANYTIME, Asia Pacific’s leading Video on-Demand (VoD) channel, today announced that BitBand, a leading provider of video content distribution and video delivery solutions, has joined the ANYTIME Technology Partner Program.

The ANYTIME Technology Partner Program is a collaboration between ANYTIME and the world’s leading VoD technology vendors. It aims to reduce the time to deploy secure, high quality, VoD services in Asia Pacific. The Program also allows technology vendors to come together to develop best practices in delivering and marketing VoD services.

US-based BitBand was founded in 1999. In its Israel based R&D centre, it develops solutions on the forefront of video content storage and streaming over IP networks. The company has a range of industry leading content and server management tools that ensure easy operation and administration of services such as VoD, TV on demand, TV Broadcast and Network Personal Video Recording.

Arie Aig, VP Technology & Innovation of BitBand sees great value in joining the ANYTIME Technology Partner Program and is eager to collaborate with members and exchange knowledge and opportunities with ANYTIME.

“ANYTIME, BitBand and the Technology Partner Program members are a winning combination for providing IPTV, Broadband and Digital cable networks with an unparalleled level of technical expertise in VoD deployment as well as marketing know-how,” he said. BitBand joins a growing number of the world’s leading technology vendors including Verimatrix, SecureMedia, Concurrent and Tatung as members of the ANYTIME Technology Partner Program.

“BitBand’s solutions are field proven and are widely deployed by telcos and service providers globally. We are excited to have them on board the ANYTIME Technology Partner Program. We hope to leverage on their existing resources to develop more cutting-edge solutions for video content delivery,” said Craig Ginsberg, Chief Technology Officer, ANYTIME.

The ANYTIME Technology Partner Program has two levels of agreement – Technology compliance, and Cooperation & Co-marketing. If accepted into the Program, vendors can work with ANYTIME to ensure their products, services or solutions, comply with the highest industry standards for VoD content delivery.

The Program is open to STB manufacturers, middleware vendors, Conditional Access and DRM hardware and software makers, VoD server manufacturers, and Systems Integrators. It is vendor agnostic, ensuring that Telcos, ISPs and Digital Cable providers receive impartial advice and information on VoD delivery technology.

For more information about the ANYTIME Technology Partner Program visitor: http://www.anytimeondemand.com/anytime_chlicensing_techpartners.html or to
apply, email: techpartners@anytimeondemand.com

About ANYTIME

Headquartered in Singapore, ANYTIME is Asia Pacific’s leading video on-demand channel delivered to consumers over IPTV, broadband and digital cable networks. With output deals and access to the libraries of five of Hollywood’s leading studios—Fox, Sony, Warner, Universal and Disney —and licenses with regional content providers like Celestial Pictures, ICON Film Distribution and Becker Entertainment, ANYTIME has an unsurpassed programming line-up.

When added to proven technology, ANYTIME delivers compelling content with the control and convenience that consumers demand.

ANYTIME has existing carriage deals in Australia, India, Taiwan and Thailand, and the rights to license into 14 territories in Asia Pacific.

ANYTIME’s shareholder’s include CPE Holdings Inc. (Sony), Fox Media Services Inc., Intel Capital, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., YTC Group (a Singapore based multinational conglomerate), the Macquarie Bank Group and Coote/Hayes Productions LLC (a U.S. based TV and film production company).

About BitBand

BitBand (www.bitband.com) is a world leader in providing video delivery solutions over IP broadband networks for Telcos. The company's solutions are targeted at large scale deployments of TV-centric residential subscribers and are optimized for Telco's hybrid and distributed network architectures. BitBand Maestro™ Content Distribution and Video network Management Suite and BitBand Vision™ appliance servers form the most scalable and cost-effective On-Demand solution existing today for the IP-TV environment. BitBand helps Telcos and Next Generation Service Providers realize the Triple Play offering, enabling quick entry
into new markets, faster ROI and a safe track to profitable large-scale service. BitBand’s technology is field proven and widely deployed, serving more commercial subscribers than any other IP-TV VOD technology vendor. Additionally, BitBand partners with many system integrators and suppliers of other components of the IP-TV value chain, to provide the operator with a complete endto-end solution.